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Dick Miale Pizza

A rustic pizza made with white and cracked wheat flour, yeast, water, salt, and topped with fresh tomatoes and cheese.

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Why it works: Flour and wheat are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,373 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Dick Miale Pizza

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Mix 3 cups unbleached white flour, 2 cups cracked wheat flour, 2 packs yeast, 2 cups water, and 1 tsp salt to form dough.

Bake and top

  1. Bake the dough on unglazed quarry tiles, placing ice cubes at the bottom to create a rustic flavor and appearance.

  2. Shape the baked dough into large rounds suitable for pizza.

  3. Spread fresh tomato slices on the dough.

  4. Add pam on the bottom and pam on the top, plus 1 tablespoon.

  5. Grate cheese over the toppings.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

455Calories
13 gProtein
1 gFat
95 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Flour + wheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,373 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Unbleached white flour
Provides the gluten network that gives the dough its structure and chew.
Cracked wheat flour
Adds coarser texture and a nutty, wholesome flavor to the crust.
Yeast
Produces gas as it ferments, making the dough rise and become light.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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